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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment does Margolius receive for his supposed crimes?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) A monetary fine.
(c) Ten years hard labor.
(d) The death penalty.

2. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?
(a) A doctor's.
(b) The Communist Party's.
(c) A notary public's.
(d) A lawyer's.

3. What work does Pavel Kovály find for Kovály after she loses her work-at-home job?
(a) Translation work.
(b) Freelance art work.
(c) A position at a shoe store.
(d) An office assistant job.

4. What does the Party tell Kovály they refused to do in regards to Margolius?
(a) Publicly acknowledge his existence.
(b) Publicly acknowledge his innocence.
(c) Publicly acknowledge his guilt.
(d) Publicly acknowledge his experience as a prisoner.

5. When Margolias' trial begins, how long has it been since his arrest?
(a) Fifteen months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Twelve months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason Ivan is sent to stay in the country occasionally?

2. What does Kovály notice about nearly all the people arrested by the government?

3. What does Ivan promise his mother when he finally returns from the country?

4. What happens politically in the spring of 1968?

5. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?

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